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Published on June 30, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Lakewood BlueClaws (2-9, 29-51) at West Virginia Power (8-3, 28-51)

Game 80 | June 30, 2014 | Appalachian Power Park | Charleston, WV

Radio: Charleston's ESPN 104.5 & 1490 - wvpower.com Airtime: 6:45 pm

TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP

RH Jon Prosinski (2-1, 2.72) vs. LH Cody Dickson (3-8, 5.25)

Prosinski: Allowed 3 R on 8 H over 5.2 IP in 6/25 ND @ GBO with 1 K and 3 BB (4-3 GBO)

Dickson: Allowed 3 R on 7 H over 4.2 IP in 6/25 ND @ DEL with 4 K and 2 BB (7-5 Power)

THE LEAD OFF: West Virginia had its five-game winning streak at the hands of the Lakewood BlueClaws on Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park 10-5. Lakewood took the early advantage with a run in the second but the Power responded with four in the bottom half behind an RBI double off the bat of Ashley Ponce and an RBI base knock from Justin Maffei. Lakewood clawed back to tie the game in the fifth before West Virginia scored again in the bottom half of the inning to regain the lead behind an Erich Weiss RBI single. The BlueClaws, however, would blast home runs in back-to-back innings with a Willians Astudillo two-run home run and a Zach Green three-run shot. Zack Von Rosenberg was charged with his first loss of the season.

UNLEASH THE CRACKIN': West Virginia is 81-66 against Lakewood all-time after taking two of three to start the homestand. The Power have won or split each series at Lakewood since the 2010 season and do not return to FirstEnergy Park this season. West Virginia is 47-38 at home against Lakewood since 2005.

CLOSING IN: Harold Ramirez notched a single in the seventh on Sunday and extended his hitting streak to 21 consecutive games. The outfielder has raised his average from .269 to .301 during the streak. Ramirez is one hit shy of tying Asheville's Pat Valaika's South Atlantic League season-best hit streak at 22 games. The Power's franchise record is also 22 set by Starling Marte in 2009 from 7/09 to 8/09, hitting .319 over the stretch.

STREAK STOPPED: The Power had their season-best five-game winning streak cut down on Sunday afternoon with a 10-5 loss to Lakewood. The Power had also not won at home since May 25 against the BlueClaws (7-1) when West Virginia won on Friday night. West Virginia posted their second straight win at home for the second time this season on Saturday.

GOOD AND BAD NEWS: Pittsburgh placed Wyatt Mathisen on the Disabled List prior to Saturday's game with a leg injury. The third baseman is batting .263 over 74 games with three home runs and 24 RBIs. JaCoby Jones was activated from the Power Disabled List prior to Saturday's game. Jones was placed on the DL retroactive to June 21 with a left knee injury. The shortstop, a third round pick in 2013, is hitting .259 with a team best 8 home runs this season while playing in 68 games.

TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE: Jeff Roy has posted multi-hit performances in each of his first three games at Appalachian Power Park. The outfielder, who began the season in Bradenton, has four multi-hit games in five tries since joining West Virginia. Roy went 2-for-5 on Sunday afternoon with a triple.

BETTER TOGETHER: The Power currently have multiple double-digit hitting streaks alive in Harold Ramirez's 21-game band and Edwin Espinal's 10-game streak. Espinal extended his streak to ten games with a single on Sunday. Chris Diaz had a 10-game streak snapped on Saturday evening.

PROMO UPDATE- JULY 3: The West Virginia Power will wrap up the homestand on Thursday, July 3, at Appalachian Power Park with a special 6:05 first pitch. Post-game will feature Independence Day themed fireworks as well as a concert by Red Wanting Blue.

POWER POINTS: West Virginia is 12-18 in one-run games this season. No other club in the league has played as many one-run games as West Virginia has this year... Jeff Roy stole his second and third bags of the season on Friday night while posting his first two-hit performance with the Power.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION: Pittsburgh topped the New York Mets 5-2 at PNC Park. Pedro Alvarez doubled in a run and homered in the win... Indianapolis was blanked by Louisville 1-0. Nick Kingham tossed six scoreless innings while striking out five... Altoona fell to Binghampton 7-4... Bradenton was shutout by St. Lucie 1-0. Jason Creasy threw six innings, allowing one run with five strikeouts and was charged with the loss... Jamestown dropped an 8-3 final to Mahoning Valley. Jordan Luplow blasted his second home run of the season in the Jammer loss.

ON THE AIR: West Virginia Power games can be heard on Charleston's ESPN 104.5 FM and 1490 AM in Charleston, online at wvpower.com and on the TuneIn Radio App.

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